Naig releases report on Iowa crop progress

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented in the present day on the Iowa Crop Progress and Situation Report launched by the USDA Nationwide Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is launched weekly April by November, and the next report covers the times Nov. 14-20.

“Regardless of a yr that included important climate challenges, persistent inflation and extremely pathogenic avian influenza, we method Thanksgiving and the conclusion of harvest with a deep sense of gratitude. We’re grateful for the hardworking and resilient farm households who proceed to sustainably produce crops and livestock that feed and gas customers right here and all over the world,” stated Secretary Naig. “The snowmelt from the primary widespread snow of the season will enhance soil moisture circumstances, whereas hotter temperatures shall be welcomed as we collect collectively to have fun Thanksgiving.”

The weekly report can also be obtainable on the USDA’s web site at nass.usda.gov.

Crop Report

Harvest neared completion with 4.8 days appropriate for fieldwork in the course of the week ending November 20, 2022, in line with the USDA, Nationwide Agricultural Statistics Service. Chilly temperatures and snow restricted further fieldwork to making use of soil amendments similar to anhydrous, manure, and lime.

Topsoil moisture situation rated 17 p.c very brief, 35 p.c brief, 47 p.c enough and 1 p.c surplus. Subsoil moisture situation rated 24 p.c very brief, 38 p.c brief, 37 p.c enough and 1 p.c surplus.

Harvest of the corn for grain crop was nearly full at 97 p.c. Moisture content material of subject corn being harvested for grain remained 16 p.c.

Livestock had been principally in good condition with calves weaned and cattle out feeding on stalks.

Climate Abstract

Offered by Justin Glisan, Ph.D., State Climatologist, Iowa Division of Agriculture and Land Stewardship

Wintertime circumstances blanketed Iowa over the reporting interval with the primary widespread snowfall for the state. Normal totals had been within the two to four-inch vary with most stations measuring at the least 0.50 inch. Unseasonable coldness additionally continued with departures of as much as 15 levels under regular; the statewide common temperature was 23.8 levels, 13.2 levels under regular.

Cloud cowl steadily cleared by Sunday (thirteenth) afternoon with winds blowing out of the southeast and daytime highs lingering within the higher 20s to mid 30s. In a single day lows into Monday (14th) didn’t drop appreciably, holding within the higher 20s north to low 20s south as clouds returned. Mild snow showers shaped over northwest Iowa however dissipated by early afternoon with temperatures nonetheless under regular however warming into the low 40s throughout southern Iowa. A broader defend of sunshine to average snow pushed into Iowa in a single day, decreasing visibilities and creating slick highway circumstances. Snow continued over a lot of Iowa by Tuesday (fifteenth) as afternoon circumstances remained overcast with temperatures within the 20s. There was a quick lull in snow showers into the night hours with mild snow redeveloping over many of the state, lending to a different morning of treacherous driving circumstances. Occasion snow totals measured at 7:00 am on Wednesday (sixteenth) had been highest over a north-to-south swath of central Iowa the place almost 120 stations noticed at the least two inches of moist snow; Mount Ayr (Ringgold County) noticed 4.5 inches whereas an observer in Swea Metropolis (Kossuth County) reported 5.9 inches with a statewide common of 1.8 inches. One other wave of sunshine snow moved southeast by the later afternoon and night hours, forsaking a couple of tenths of inch at a majority of stations reporting snow; Webster Metropolis (Hamilton County) measured 2.0 inches with 1.5 inches in Algona (Kossuth County).

Thursday (seventeenth) noticed blustery northwesterly winds develop with scattered, mild snow showers persisting throughout parts of northern Iowa. Morning circumstances had been principally cloudy with lows within the higher teenagers and 20s; excessive temperatures peaked round midday earlier than starting a steep fall by the day and nighttime hours. Pockets of snowflakes continued to fly into Friday (18th) morning with single-digit temperatures in western Iowa whereas low 20s had been reported farther east. Winds shifted to a westerly route by the day with afternoon temperatures remaining within the higher teenagers to higher 20s; the statewide common excessive was 25 levels, 20 levels under regular. An upper-level disturbance introduced mild snow over northern Iowa after midnight with southerly winds and clearing skies in southern Iowa; Sioux Metropolis Airport (Woodbury County) picked up 0.2 inch of snow. Blustery northwesterly winds developed by Saturday (nineteenth) with clearing skies and highs starting from the higher teenagers north to the higher 20s south. Stars had been seen in a single day as a swing to southerly winds indicated a shift to warming temperatures. Morning lows reported at 7:00 am on Sunday (twentieth) held within the teenagers below principally clear skies.

Weekly precipitation totals ranged from no accumulation at a number of southwestern Iowa stations to 1.08 inches in Waterloo (Black Hawk County. The statewide weekly common precipitation was 0.20 inch whereas the conventional is 0.45 inch. Donnellson (Lee County) reported the week’s excessive temperature of 45 levels on the 14th, six levels under regular. Mason Metropolis Municipal Airport (Cerro Gordo County) reported the week’s low temperature of 5 levels on the nineteenth, 18 levels under regular. 4-inch soil temperatures had been within the low 30s north to higher 30s south as of Sunday.